"reviews. Kirkus Reviews labelled the book as a ""post 9/11 apocalyptic western."" The Afghan The Afghan is a 2006 thriller novel by Frederick Forsyth. A joint operation by MI6, the CIA, and Pakistan's ISI against al Qaeda operatives in Pakistan uncovers documents concerning a planned terrorist attack codenamed ""al-Isra"". The cryptic nature of the codename triggers further investigations authorised at the most senior level. Now eager to learn more about al Qaeda's plans for al-Isra, the three agencies scramble to find out information through their various contacts, including inserting an operative close enough into the terror network's confidence. Middle Eastern"
"The Afghan Campaign The Afghan Campaign is a historical novel by the American writer Steven Pressfield. It was first published in 2006 by the Broadway division of Random House. It is the story of Alexander the Great's invasion of the Afghan kingdoms (the Afghanistan of today) in 330 BC through the eyes of Matthias (Μαντίθεος in Greek), a young soldier from Macedonia, who narrates the adventures of the Macedonian army against the Eastern warriors. Matthias fights for Alexander the Great's infantry confronting ferocious people who, determined to defend their homeland, follow tough war methods. Many pages of the book are"
"Afghanistan, where we can speak about Afghanistan in a context outside of the wars and the struggles of the last 30 years. In some way I think this book is an attempt to do that."" The title was derived from a line from ""The Nurse's Song"" by English poet William Blake: ""And all the hills echoed"". In January 2013, ""Publishers Weekly"" announced the publication date as May 21 of that year, and Riverhead Books released a statement that the novel was about ""how we love, how we take care of one another, and how the choices we make resonate through"
"Khair Khana"" is a ""New York Times"" Bestseller. The book was edited by Julia Cheiffetz and was acquired by Lisa Sharkey. In the winter of 2005, Lemmon traveled to Afghanistan as part of a case study she was completing for her MBA at Harvard University. She was studying women entrepreneurs, particularly those in conflict zones. She sought to change the narrative from “victim” to “survivor.” Given the tone of caution in Afghanistan, it was at first difficult to locate a viable subject. However, a contact referred Lemmon to Kamila Sidiqi and her family. Lemmon met with them and their associates"
"daughter. A television documentary about his life and family relationships, entitled ""My Father the Mercenary"" was produced in 2009. Philip Sessarego Philip Anthony Sessarego (31 December 1952 – November 2008) was a British soldier, adventurer and author, who published the best-selling book ""Jihad! - The Secret War in Afghanistan"". His reputation and credibility were damaged by the revelation of false claims in the book, after which he retired from the public spotlight. Sessarego was born in Hereford, Herefordshire, England, to a farming family. In 1971 at the age of 18 he enlisted into the British Army as a Gunner in"
"Philip Sessarego Philip Anthony Sessarego (31 December 1952 – November 2008) was a British soldier, adventurer and author, who published the best-selling book ""Jihad! - The Secret War in Afghanistan"". His reputation and credibility were damaged by the revelation of false claims in the book, after which he retired from the public spotlight. Sessarego was born in Hereford, Herefordshire, England, to a farming family. In 1971 at the age of 18 he enlisted into the British Army as a Gunner in the Royal Artillery. After two years' service in 1973 he applied to join the Special Air Service Regiment at"
"and Culture of Afghanistan. Massoud Nawabi wrote more than 45 books. His most famous book called Keshtzar Zahfaran, published in 3000 copies by Al-Azhar prints and Publications in Peshawar. The book had a great market for the publication company and as of June 2010 it has been published for more than one million copies and marketed around Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan. However late Nawabi never sold even one of his books for the Publication companies he always dedicated and gifted his books. besides he published and launched around 38 books of his father's, Ghulam Habib Nawabi. در انتظارت ای مه"
"USA, as part of a list of books recommended for further reading by the Afghanistan Relief Organization. And M. H. Sidky, of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, in ""Asian Folklore Studies"" points to ""Afghanistan of the Afghans"" as one of the few useful resources on the ""Shamanic configuration"" in Afghanistan. The book is also currently recommended by the Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington, DC for information about the history and culture of Afghanistan. Ikbal Ali Shah Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah (, , born 1894 in Sardhana, India, died 4 November 1969 in Tangier, Morocco) was an Indian-Afghan author and"
"Khaled Hosseini Khaled Hosseini ( ; ; born March 4, 1965) is an Afghan-born American novelist and physician. After graduating from college, he worked as a doctor in California, a predicament that he likened to ""an arranged marriage."" He has published three novels, most notably his 2003 debut ""The Kite Runner"", all of which are at least partially set in Afghanistan and feature an Afghan as the protagonist. Following the success of ""The Kite Runner"" he retired from medicine to write full-time. Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan. His father worked as a diplomat, and when Hosseini was 11 years"
"Khaled Hosseini Khaled Hosseini ( ; ; born March 4, 1965) is an Afghan-born American novelist and physician. After graduating from college, he worked as a doctor in California, a predicament that he likened to ""an arranged marriage."" He has published three novels, most notably his 2003 debut ""The Kite Runner"", all of which are at least partially set in Afghanistan and feature an Afghan as the protagonist. Following the success of ""The Kite Runner"" he retired from medicine to write full-time. Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan. His father worked as a diplomat, and when Hosseini was 11 years"
"niche in the issues of Afghanistan and counter-terrorism. Bergen, who leads the program, is a CNN national security analyst and author of several best-selling books, including ""The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict between America and Al-Qaeda"". Coll, former president of New America, has also written several books on al-Qaeda and Afghanistan, including the 2005 Pulitzer Prize winner for general non-fiction, ""Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden"". James Risen in ""The New York Times"" complimented Coll on ""revealing how Saudi Arabia and its intelligence operations aided the rise of Osama bin Laden and Islamic extremism"
"of the story, Matthias is left with nothing – he has lost his family, friends, health and hope. Instead of returning home (his wife and son having been killed) as initially planned and having nothing to lose, he decides to follow the Greek army in its way to India. The novel was well received by critics who found it a ""vivid, compelling tale about the challenges of the war"", and that through the characters we learn something about human nature. The Afghan Campaign The Afghan Campaign is a historical novel by the American writer Steven Pressfield. It was first published"
"Farah, in the south of the country where he wrote several of his books. He was fluent in Persian and Pashto languages. Ghulam Muhammad Ghobar Mir Ghulam Muhammad Ghobar ( (1897 – February 5, 1978) was a politician, writer, prominent historian, journalist, and a poet from Afghanistan. He is the author of a number of books, including Afghanistan's history book called ""Afghanistan in the Course of History"". He has also written ""Tareekh-e Ahmad Shah Baba"" in 1943, which is about the 18th century Afghan Emir Ahmad Shah Durrani and his Durrani Empire. Ghobar was born in or about 1897 in"
"Pashtuns in Afghanistan, and the immigrant experiences of Amir and his father in the United States. The novel was the number one best seller for 2005 in the United States, according to Nielsen BookScan. ""The Kite Runner"" was also produced as an audiobook read by the author. ""The Kite Runner"" has been adapted into a film of the same name released in December 2007. Hosseini made a cameo appearance towards the end of the movie as a bystander when Amir buys a kite which he later flies with Sohrab. Hosseini's second novel, ""A Thousand Splendid Suns"", was published in 2007,"
"Dushambe (1972). Abdul Ghafoor Breshna Abdul Ghafoor Breshna (10 April 1907 – 10 April 1974) was an Afghan painter, music composer, poet, and film director. He is regarded as one of the country's most talented artists. He also composed the former national anthem of Afghanistan that was used during the 1970s. Breshana was born as Abdul Ghafoor on 10 April 1907 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The word ""Breshna"" means ""lightning"", which he added as a last name. In 1921, he was amongst the students who were sent to Germany for higher education by Amanullah Khan. He studied painting and lithography at"
"of the Mesherano Jirga (House of Elders). Abdul Hadi died in 1982 in Kabul. Abdul Hadi Dawai Abdul Hadi Dawi ( 1894 - 1982) was an Afghan poet, diplomat and government official. His works were published under his pen name, Pareshan (worried). Abdul Hadi Dawi was born to a Daavi Afghan family in 1894 in Kabul, Afghanistan. He graduated from Habibia High School in 1912. In 1919, Mahmud Tarzi turned over the editorship of ""Siraj al-Akhbar"" to him. Under Dawi's editorship, the name of the paper was changed to ""Aman-i Afghan"" (Afghan Peace). In 1922, he was appointed as first"
"a bizarre country. It nurtures talented youth in no time. What a wonderful book! Such descriptive images."" In 1965, Afghani published his second novel, ""Joyful People of Qarrasu Valley"". The novel is about the love of a poor boy for the daughter of the village lord. It also depicts political currents of the post-1941 period. His other works include ""Woven of Grief"", ""Sindokht"", ""Turnip Is a Paradisal Fruit"" and ""Cousin Parvin"". His forthcoming books are ""Fathers’ World; Children’s World"" and a novel on the Iran-Iraq War. Ali Mohammad Afghani Ali Mohammad Afghani (, born 1925 in Kermanshah, Iran) is an"
"""Afghan Caravan"" was chosen by Nobel prize-winning writer Doris Lessing as the ""Daily Telegraph"" ""Book of the Year"" where it was described as ""a cornucopia a mix of magical tales, nuggets from history... an Aladdin's cave of a book""and in ""Literary Review"" as ""a great deal of fascinating material... It is a book to be dipped into, excellent bedside reading."" Talking about both ""Afghan Caravan"" and Tahir Shah's ""The Middle East Bedside Book"", Lessing writes in ""The Sufis and Idries Shah"": ""Both are full of delights; there is a great deal that is surprising; and, as with all books from"
"The Taliban Shuffle The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan is a memoir by U.S. journalist Kim Barker about her experiences reporting in Pakistan and Afghanistan. It was published in 2011. The book has received mostly positive reviews. The book has received 3.42/5 ratings on Goodreads based on 2,560 reviews. BookBrowse rated the book 4/5. In February 2014, U.S. actress Tina Fey confirmed that her production company, Little Stranger, would be adapting the book into a film, which was released in March 2016. Fey stars in the film, which was produced by Lorne Michaels and written by Robert"
"and Afghanistan. ""Fire and Forget"" featured an introduction by National Book Award Winner Colum McCann, and stories by Colby Buzzell, David Abrams, Phil Klay, Siobhan Fallon, Gavin Kovite, Jacob Siegel, and others. ""The New York Daily News"" wrote that ""Some of America's greatest works of literature have come from its wars. Be it Stephen Crane, E.L. Doctorow, Ernest Hemingway, Norman Mailer, Joseph Heller, Thomas Pynchon, James Jones or Tim O'Brien, war has been memorialized, glorified, satirized and revealed in all its valor and depredation ... Now, as another comes to a close, a new generation of authors will come forward"
"Gust Avrakotos Gustav Lascaris Avrakotos (January 14, 1938 – December 1, 2005) was an American case officer and Afghan Task Force Chief for the United States Central Intelligence Agency. Avrakotos was little known to the public until the book """", by George Crile, was published in 2003. The book, which portrays U.S. involvement in the Afghan-Soviet War as a partnership between Avrakotos and Texas Congressman Charles Wilson, was the basis of the film ""Charlie Wilson's War"", released in 2007. Avrakotos was born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, the son of a Greek American soft drink manufacturer, from the island of Lemnos. He"
"a drama called ""L'ultimo lenzuolo bianco - Il punto bianco nel cuore dell'uomo"", based on Farhad's autobiography. He is co-founder of the Global Afghan Forum, a chain of young professionals which aims to change the globe to a more educated, prosperous, safer, and just global community. In 2014, the Italian publisher Guaraldi printed his autobiography, ""L'ultimo lenzuolo bianco"" (). In 2015, Arcipelago Edizioni printed a digest, edited by Alessandra Montesanto, which included a contribution by Farhad, ""Mosaikon. Voci e immagini per i diritti umani 2015"" (). In June 2015 Il Giornale printed ""ISIS Segreto"" (ASIN: B00PHHPGEG) by Matteo Carnieletto e"
"favorable pre-publication reviews and was anticipated as another strong success, reaching the top 10 on Amazon.com before its release and later becoming a bestseller. Five months after the publication of ""And the Mountains Echoed"", it was reported that three million copies had been sold. Khaled Hosseini was born in Afghanistan but left the country in 1976 at the age of 11, eventually moving to the United States where he worked as a doctor. He wrote his first novel, ""The Kite Runner"", in 2003 and became a full-time writer a year and a half later. He published his second book, ""A"
"one. ""A Thousand Splendid Suns"" (2007) was a ""Times"" Best Seller for 103 weeks, 15 at number one. ""And the Mountains Echoed"" (2013) debuted near the top of the ""Times"" list and remained on it for 33 weeks until January 2014. Hosseini was born on March 4, 1965 in Kabul, Afghanistan, the eldest of five children. His father, Nasser worked as a diplomat for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul while his mother worked as a Persian language teacher at a girls high school; both originate from Herat. Regarding his ethnicity, Hosseini stated, ""I'm not pure anything ... There's"
"time. ""Kirkus Reviews"" praised Nawa for deftly depicting the ""tragic complexity of Afghan society and the sheer difficulty of life there"". The reviewer found parts of the book's dialogue to be contrived but noted that Nawa's convincing narrative ""clearly stems from in-depth reporting in a risk-laden environment"". Novelist Khaled Hosseini, author of ""The Kite Runner"" and ""A Thousand Splendid Suns"" praised the book for having a ""very engaging narrative"" and being ""[a]n insightful and informative look at the global challenge of Afghan drug trade"". Writing for ""The Sun-Herald"", author Lucy Sussex called the book ""strong, informative reading"". ""Publishers Weekly"" noted"
"Ghulam Muhammad Ghobar Mir Ghulam Muhammad Ghobar ( (1897 – February 5, 1978) was a politician, writer, prominent historian, journalist, and a poet from Afghanistan. He is the author of a number of books, including Afghanistan's history book called ""Afghanistan in the Course of History"". He has also written ""Tareekh-e Ahmad Shah Baba"" in 1943, which is about the 18th century Afghan Emir Ahmad Shah Durrani and his Durrani Empire. Ghobar was born in or about 1897 in the city of Kabul, in Afghanistan to a Sayyid family. He spent some of his time in the cities of Kandahar and"
"Jawbreaker: The Attack on bin Laden and al-Qaeda Jawbreaker: The Attack on Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda: A Personal Account by the CIA's Key Field Commander (2005) is an autobiographical book by CIA agent Gary Berntsen describing the time he spent in Afghanistan at the beginning of the American campaign against the Taliban, al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden after the September 11, 2001 attacks. In his acknowledgements, Berntsen describes that his original manuscript was reviewed by the CIA as per agency guidelines that stipulate all publishable works detailing an agent's career must be reviewed by the CIA's Publications Review Board (PRB)."
"Raziq Faani Raziq Faani () was a renowned Afghan poet and novelist from the city Kabul. He published more than ten volumes of poetry and novels in Persian. Raziq Faani was one of Afghanistan's most celebrated contemporary poets, whose work is described as mystical, compassionate, and patriotic. His poems describe the suffering of his people through decades of war, destruction, and exile. Faani received his primary and secondary education in Afghanistan, and earned a master's degree in political economy in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1967. He had already published his first book of poetry, “Armaghan-e Jawani”, in 1966. Returning to Afghanistan,"
"and blankets, school kits, and medical supplies At a meeting hosted by University of California, Los Angeles's International Institute on 7 February 2002, Noor Delawari, an advisory board member of the Afghanistan Foundation and chair of the ARO, spoke of the urgent need for aid in Afghanistan: Afghanistan Relief Organization has also raised funds for the training of teachers and the construction of rural libraries in Afghanistan. The fundraising events have been supported by many celebrities, including Halle Berry, former President George H. W. Bush, Cher, Will Ferrell, Jodie Foster, Jake Gyllenhaal, ""Kite Runner"" author Khaled Hosseini, Angelina Jolie, Madonna,"
"Abdul Ghafoor Breshna Abdul Ghafoor Breshna (10 April 1907 – 10 April 1974) was an Afghan painter, music composer, poet, and film director. He is regarded as one of the country's most talented artists. He also composed the former national anthem of Afghanistan that was used during the 1970s. Breshana was born as Abdul Ghafoor on 10 April 1907 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The word ""Breshna"" means ""lightning"", which he added as a last name. In 1921, he was amongst the students who were sent to Germany for higher education by Amanullah Khan. He studied painting and lithography at Academy of"
"The Bookseller of Kabul The Bookseller of Kabul is a non-fiction book written by Norwegian journalist Åsne Seierstad, about a bookseller, Shah Muhammad Rais (whose name was changed to Sultan Khan), and his family in Kabul, Afghanistan, published in Norwegian in 2002 and English in 2003. It takes a novelistic approach, focusing on characters and the daily issues that they face. Åsne Seierstad entered Afghanistan two weeks after the September 11 attacks and followed the Northern Alliance into Kabul where she spent three months. Disguising herself by wearing a burka, she lived with a bookseller and his family in Kabul"
"Afghanistan. Nazo Tokhi Nāzo Tokhī (نازو توخۍ), commonly known as Nāzo Anā (, ""Nazo the grandmother""), was a Pashtun female poet and a literary figure of the Pashto language. Mother of the famous early-18th century Afghan King Mirwais Hotak, she grew up in an influential family in the Kandahar region. Nazo Tokhi is remembered as a brave woman warrior in the history of Afghanistan, who eventually became the legendary ""Mother of Afghan Nation"". Nazo Tokhi was born in or about 1651 in the village of ""Spozhmayiz Gul"" near ""Thazi"", Kandahar Province of Afghanistan, into a powerful and wealthy Pashtun family."
"Afghan war was revealed in the book ""Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History"" (2003), by George Crile III. In the 2007 film adaptation ""Charlie Wilson's War"", actor Tom Hanks portrayed Wilson. The film portrayed him as a politically incorrect swashbuckler who liked the company of beautiful women. Wilson was a key character in ""Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001"" (2005), by Steve Coll. On December 27, 2007, the History Channel broadcast ""The True Story of Charlie Wilson"", a two-hour"